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headlong

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Editorial note

True, but at least the headlong rush has stopped.

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Quick take

excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of headlong gathered in one view.

adjective

excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

adjective

with the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool"

adverb

with the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for headlong.

adjective

excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

See also: hasty

adjective

with the head foremost; "a headfirst plunge down the stairs"; "a headlong dive into the pool"

See also: headfirst

adverb

with the head foremost; "the runner slid headlong into third base"

See also: headfirst

adverb

at breakneck speed; "burst headlong through the gate"

See also: precipitately

adverb

in a hasty and foolhardy manner; "he fell headlong in love with his cousin"

See also: rashly

Example sentences

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True, but at least the headlong rush has stopped.

2

Don't just rush headlong into it"Yeah, how dumb and harmful that is, asking people to think before acting.

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Before you charge headlong into building your next webapp with Node, consider this article food for thought.

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Look at late-90s US, when we briefly had a balanced budget, and instead of preparing for the bust, we rushed headlong into it.

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Having already lost control of the car, we now find the gay activists screaming at us to speed up as we drive headlong toward the cliff.

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The headlong stream is termed violentBut the river bed hemming it in isTermed violent by no one.

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That said, if you hate IT, I'd suggest trying a few different things before jumping headlong into a craft you're not entirely sure about.

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Agreed, but I'd add that the transition period coincided with the switch to water based flux processes, and the headlong rush to China.

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Ignoring the seriously thorny legal bramble that the OP has run headlong into with nary a concern.

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People really need to learn the concept of "Expected Outcome" before they go headlong into "rejection therapy".

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However, it is not the situation that the entire startup scene is defunct, or that we're hurtling headlong into an authoritarian regime a la China.

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They presume hostility is lurking in every response, or, conversely, that responding to a post necessitates correcting it in some way. If more of them assumed good intent until proven otherwise, they wouldn't rush headlong into internet arguments.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use headlong in a sentence?

True, but at least the headlong rush has stopped.

What does headlong mean?

excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"

What part of speech is headlong?

headlong is commonly used as adjective, adverb.